Well here are MY rankings for next years 8 man football season. Feel free to post your own below!

1. Joe City: State Champs and they are returning Remington Baldwin. I'm sure they will have a great season next year. 2. St. David: They are returning some great players and have potential to go far next year. 3. Mayer: Mayer is also returning some great players next year including their starting running back and quarter back. They should go far aswell. 4. Mogollon: No matter what happens they always use the talent they have and form it into a great team. They should have a good year next year. 5.Valley Union: What they did last year was incredible, 3 1000 yard rushers I believe. And I believe they are returning two of them. 6. Bagdad: They are taking quite a hit from graduation, but are still returning some great players. 7. Valley Lutheran: Demitri O'Brien, enough said, this guy should bring the flames back to the playoffs. 8. Orme: They are also losing quite abit of leadership from their team, but they usually make a great run in the end. 9: Fredonia?: I heard they got alot of transfers from a local school along with beaver dam. Watch out for them next year. 10. Salome: Lets see how those frogs do next year!

Keep in mind that I am not considering the new schools to enter the 1A leage ( Pima, Gilbert Christain, etc) I am juding the ones from last season. Leave your own lists.

Interesting... it's quite early to post football rankings, but I guess some people just have football in the veins and in the brains 13 months a year.

I think it has always been pretty easy in 1A (now Div 6) to pick most of a top 10. You might not get the order correct, but you know that Joe City, Mogollon, Mayer, St. David, Valley Union, Orme, Valley Lutheran, and Bagdad will always or nearly always be among the contenders. I think that will still be the case in 2011, but bringing perennial contender Pima back into the mix, as well as adding Hayden, Ray, and Gilbert Christian should make things very interesting.

Some thoughts on ChaosFactor's list: JC with Baldwin and Bryant will probably be the preseason favorite. That's a no-brainer.St. David returns probably the best QB in Div 6, but also loses a LOT of supporting cast. I think maybe one defensive starter and one offensive starter returning? Replacing that formidable Sr class will be a challenge, I think. On paper, they will be down in 2011.I agree that Mayer should be better with good returning skill people and will be a playoff team again.Mogollon will always be strong. They have great tradition and have a good jr high program. They'll reload and with Baker to carry the ball might be the favorite on some polls.Valley Union... where did you get that they had THREE 1,000 yd rushers? I think they led the division in rushing yards in 2010, but it was mostly due to two guys and one of them graduates. They ONLY had TWO 1,000 yard rushers... yeah, ONLY two. Wow. But, how many yards can Little Luzania find without teams keying on Landwerlen? Probably quite a bit, though Landwerlen's shoes would be hard to fill for anyone. VU loses a lot but retains some skill people at QB, RB, and End. They should be strong contenders and definitely a preseason top 10.Bagdad... losing their dual threat QB hurts, but they've got guys... brothers, waiting to replace. They'll probably be down a little bit but still in good shape to contend.Valley Lutheran with O'Brien should be stronger than last year. I think 2011 may be the year they finally win their conference.Orme is one of the teams difficult to predict. I'm really not sure who they'll have next year but they usually find their stride at about the right time. Putting them preseason top10 is never a bad bet.Fredonia... where did they get transfers from? Kanab? Colorado City? Kanab has a good football tradition and Fredonia used to have that. With all the the newcomers to Div 6, I'd hold off on placing Fredonia as a top 10 until we know more about them.Salome loses a great player and I don't know much about them. They were a little perplexing in their up and down play last year. I'd think it might be hard to make them a preseason top 10 with these other teams coming into the fray.

Teams ChaosFactor didn't mention: Superior: won their conference last year and were a tough out in the playoffs even though they were missing their QB. They return their QB, however, as well as their top RB and a WR. I see them as definitely a preseason top 10.Duncan: Nearly won their conference last year and return a very good freshman RB and another quick slotback. They should be improved from last year, but the conference will be tougher adding SD, VU, Pima, Hayden, and Ray.Fort Thomas young 2010 squad got shelled by the good teams, but hung in with the mid-level teams. They'll be better, but will probably have a tough schedule.Chandler Prep: Are they now playing a regular aia schedule? They were a good team last year and whipped everyone (including Gilbert Christian) except VU and Superior. They may surprise.Hayden: Strong football tradition and enough students to contend in Div 6. It wasn't very long ago that they were a 2A playoff team and I can see them becoming a Div 6 playoff team quickly.Ray: Similar story as Hayden, but it has been longer since they were really a 2A contender. Performed pretty even with Hayden last year... I don't know what they have returning.Gila Bend: Return a lot of players and probably will be in an easier conference. They may do okay.

Pima and Gilbert Christian were both mentioned. Gilbert Christian will play in arguably the weakest conference in Div6. They've been very successful in basketball. They are an up and coming private Christian academy in a large population area... you'd have to be living under a rock to not expect them to perform well. Will it be in 2011? I'm guessing they'll be a playoff team in their first year out, which will probably make them a top 10 by regular season's end.Pima pulled a .500 record in a tough conference last year. I think they'll settle back into 8-man with no difficulties and be strong again immediately. They'd be much better next year anyway with 10 seniors. Moving to 8-man will be even easier. Remember, what will be the current seniors beat most of the other 1A teams as freshmen JVs. Pima should be on everyone's preseason top 10 list and probably near the top of that list. I wouldn't be surprised to see them as a top 5 preseason pick.

FballFan99 wrote: Superior: won their conference last year and were a tough out in the playoffs even though they were missing their QB. They return their QB, however, as well as their top RB and a WR. I see them as definitely a preseason top 10.

In my opinion, Superior could be a top 5 team next year.

That senior class is talented, well seasoned, and have a lot of experience.

numba1fan, you don't have Superior in your top ten. How can that be? Did you not read my post, and did you not read Metro's post? I'm borderline brilliant and Metro is a veritable football god, so why on earth would you construct a pre-preseason list without Superior, immediately after we told you they were going to be good? Do you have brain damage? ;)

On your list, I'd put pima higher (you would too, if you weren't from pima), Bagdad lower, and VU/SD lower. I still think it may be hard to leave Hayden off any preseason list, but what do I know... I've only correctly predicted the last state champions in 1A the last four years in a row... ha! (No, I didn't predict them in the pre-pre season).

I do think it's pretty cool that there are MORE teams in the mix this year. Powerpoints aside, this might be a fun year to track.

Valley Lutheran, They are a running team, they are losing 4 of their offensive linemen, 3 tight ends, 3 wide recievers. That is alot of talent to replace in 1 year.

Yes VL is losing ALOT of talent on the line...They have some talented lineman coming up from JV and a few backups from last year. They should be fine. Also VL is bringing a lot of speed back. VL will be fast offensively if not faster then last year. I think the biggest hit will be there D....they lost 6 of 8 starters. The rankings look pretty good though!

Hello everyone. Just giving notice that the prognositicator previously known as FballFan99 will now offer continued bits of football idiocy and wisdom under the moniker of CrystalFootball. I really just didn't want anyone else to steal that name, heh!

And yes, I agree that Mayer will be good. Preseason top 5 good? Sure, why not.

so jimmy whats the scoop on pima. i mean why do you think they will be top 5 next year. they werent real sucessfull in 2a Bryant left and i am not bashing them. for some reason i find myself routing for tthem every year.

Dont let the 2a record from last year fool you. They have talent. RB is good. Big line. and maybe the best defense in 1a this year. New coaching staff comming in will get the kids excited. Plus some players will show up under this new coach. Just saying, if your looking past Pima because of thier 2a record under a different coach, your making a mistake! We will see how the handle the first few games which are going to be tough. Rankings always change once play starts. (maybe they will move up?)

Plus bryant left a few years ago and won 2 championships with Joe City. Pima was under a different coach in 2a.